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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 35th annual Art Car Parade returns to Houston to show off hundreds of mobile masterpieces as they come roaring downtown. Parade Grand Marshal Bun B will lead the parade of wacky cars through Houston’s streets as they display their artwork and vision. Chauncy Glover, Mayra Moreno, Adam Winkler and Chaz Miller will be your hosts …

HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) — Hundreds gathered on Friday to honor the life and service of fallen Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Almendarez. Fifty-one year old Almendarez was off-duty, leaving the grocery store with his wife last Thursday when they saw three men allegedly trying to steal the catalytic converter off their truck. Authorities say as he approached the suspects, they shot …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Emergency crews are responding to a deadly crash involving a solid waste truck and an SUV on FM 1960 at Grey Fox, east of Lake Houston. According to HPD’s incidents board, this is fatal. SkyEye was over the scene Friday morning. Sadly, another fatal crash was reported, this time in Pasadena. Pasadena police wrote on …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A new report from Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found that the IRS audits low-income workers at a rate five times higher than everyone else. Local experts said there are a number of reasons that may be contributing to this statistic, but believe it’s mainly due to the inadequate staffing at the IRS and dishonest …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman has died after jumping out of a moving vehicle in northwest Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The incident happened Wednesday night on Highway 290 near Cypress Rosehill. Transtar video showed heavy law enforcement activity at the scene. Gonzalez said the driver involved called authorities and told them the woman in his …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A woman has died after jumping out of a moving vehicle in northwest Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The incident happened Wednesday night on Highway 290 near Cypress Rosehill. Transtar video showed heavy law enforcement activity at the scene. Gonzalez said the driver involved called authorities and told them the woman in his …

This week, Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Emergency Management to charter buses to take migrants who have been released from federal custody to Washington, D.C. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called Abbott’s immigrant bus plan to the nation’s capital a “publicity stunt.” The plans come as the Title 42 public health order is set to end …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a woman who was shot multiple times says they are now more concerned than ever for their safety after a judge allowed the suspect to have his GPS ankle monitor removed. Aaron Wright was arrested shortly after the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at a north Harris County home …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A number of apartment complex tenants in the Houston area wrote to ABC13 about trucks failing to pick up the trash from the dumpsters. Eyewitness News went to check it out and found piles of trash, debris, and junk scattered near dumpsters at Lakecrest Village Apartments on Tidwell Road. “You are looking at (cigarette) butts, nasty …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Independent School District’s former chief operating officer and a former landscaping contractor for the district face new tax charges related to an alleged bribery scheme involving millions in taxpayer funds. On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced a federal grand jury returned a 33-count superseding indictment on former HISD COO Brian Busby, 43, and Southwest …